From what I've read, if the Slits were talking about men, they were probably referring to men in the early London punk scene. Supposedly, this one is about Keith Levene who was in the Clash in the very early days before they put out an album and later went on to join Public Image Limited, Johnny Rotten's (or John Lydon's, rather) band after the Sex Pistols broke up. Which is especially funny since Levene apparently did some sound mixing for the Slits. I figure that either Levene's relationship with the band ended before they wrote this song, or they just had enough of a dysfunctional relationship that they could write a song like this. Or they didn't tell him it was about him.
From what I've read, if the Slits were talking about men, they were probably referring to men in the early London punk scene. Supposedly, this one is about Keith Levene who was in the Clash in the very early days before they put out an album and later went on to join Public Image Limited, Johnny Rotten's (or John Lydon's, rather) band after the Sex Pistols broke up. Which is especially funny since Levene apparently did some sound mixing for the Slits. I figure that either Levene's relationship with the band ended before they wrote this song, or they just had enough of a dysfunctional relationship that they could write a song like this. Or they didn't tell him it was about him.